Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Canyon, Orange County Fire Department. Transfer of command from Cal Fire IMT 1 (Estes) back to the local unit occurred yesterday. Five miles southwest of Corona, CA. Brush and tall grass. Minimal fire behavior. Structures […]
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Flat, Sicard Flat
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Flat, Sicard Flat Road and Hwy 20 Browns Valley in Yuba County. Structures are threatened.
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32, Chico area
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: 32, Hwy 32 & Humboldt Rd, 5 miles NE of Chico (Butte Co)
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UNHCR welcomes launch of Olympic Refuge Foundation
September 18, 2017 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warmly welcomed the launch by the International Olympic Committee of the Olympic Refuge Foundation, with the aim of creating safe sport facilities and developing sport activities for refugee, displaced and vulnerable children. “UNHCR is fully supportive of this excellent initiative, which will improve the life of […]
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French, Shingle Springs
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: French, French Creek Road and Bonnetti Drive south of Shingle Springs in El Dorado County. Burning in heavy brush and grass.
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Creek, Stanislaus NF
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Creek, Clear Lake/Bourland Mountain Area on the Mi-Wok Ranger District, Stanislaus National Forest. October 5, 2017 at 9:22 AM The fire will be patrolled and monitored. A low intensity backing fire will be utilized to […]
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Fire near Juvenile Hall contained – escaped camp fire again?
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 15, 2017 – Firefighters are still mopping up the remnants of a vegetation fire next to Juvenile Hall reported around 9:00 am today. The fire, while officially still under investigation is likely an escaped camp fire – very close to last year’s “Camp Manzanita” Fire. The fire had been smoldering for […]
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Buck, Shasta-Trinity NF
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Buck, Shasta – Trinity NF. Twelve miles southwest of Platina, CA. Timber. Moderate fire behavior with isolated torching, flanking and creeping. Road, trail and area closures in effect. October 21, 2017 at 10:58 AM Fire […]
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Lightning Map: 212 downstrikes on the Tahoe National Forest on Tuesday
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 13, 2017 – On Tuesday afternoon, between noon and 5:30 pm, 212 lightning strikes were recorded on the Tahoe National Forest. 212 strikes within the Tahoe – 63 for American River Ranger District, 35 for Truckee Ranger District, 37 for Sierraville Ranger District, and 77 for Yuba River Ranger District. Yesterday, […]
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Livestream: NID Board meeting September 13
September 13, 2017 – Live NID Board meeting.
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Relatives of Undocumented Children Caught Up in ICE Dragnet
Sept. 12, 2017 – This summer, a Kansas City man named Edwin got a call from immigration officials. They had picked up his nephew at the southern border and wanted to release the teen into his care. So Edwin went online and bought a bed. Later that week, he was contacted again, this time by […]
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Lightning map: 72 strikes on the Tahoe National Forest on Monday
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 12, 2017 – Between 6:30 pm and 11:30 pm on Monday thunderstorms produced lightning and precipitation over the Tahoe National Forest. WFMI BLM detected 72 strikes within the Tahoe – 4 for American River Ranger District, 23 for Truckee Ranger District, 34 for Sierraville Ranger District, and 11 for Yuba River […]
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Grass Valley firefighters at the 9/11 343 NYFD Memorial Climb
SACRAMENTO, Calif. September 11, 2017 – Members of the Grass Valley Fire Department once again took part in the 9/11 343 NYFD Memorial Climb in Sacramento today. Firefighters in full turnout gear climbed the “Renaissance Tower” located at 801 K Street in downtown Sacramento in memory of 343 New York Fire Department firefighters who lost […]
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Ranch, north of Loyalton
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Ranch, 4 miles north of Loyalton in Sierra County. September 6, 2017 at 4:35 PM Heavy rain has stopped the forward progress of the fire. Revised estimate is 15-20 acres. The fire will be mapped […]
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Lightning map: 289 lightning strikes recorded on Tuesday over the Tahoe
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 6, 2017 – On Tuesday, between 2:18 pm and 7:21 pm 228 lightning strikes came down on the Tahoe National Forest. 159 for the Sierraville Ranger District, 86 for the Yuba River Ranger District, 38 for the Truckee Ranger District and 6 strikes for the American River Ranger District. A recon […]
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Voting vulnerability: Study points to potential fraud in online voting registration systems
Sept. 6, 2017 – Online attackers may be able to purchase – for as little as a few thousand dollars – enough personal information to potentially alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard study. Dubbed “voter identity theft” by study authors Latanya […]
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Peter Funt: Ethics on the Fire Lines
MONTEREY, Calif. September 5, 2017 – I was told I could speak with Ron during his lunch break, but to keep it brief and avoid highly personal questions. He was wearing a jumpsuit and sitting on a tree stump, eating a government-issued baloney sandwich. This was a relatively easy day: no flames, just a thickly […]
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California Academy of Sciences assembles genome of threatened northern spotted owl
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. September 5, 2017 – A charismatic owl iconic to Pacific Coast forests is no longer ruling the roost, and scientists now have another tool for understanding its decline. Researchers have assembled the California Academy of Sciences’ first-ever animal genome after sequencing the DNA of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). In […]
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Partial survey results to be presented at joint BOS/CAG meeting on Tuesday
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 4, 2017 – The Nevada County Board of Supervisors (BOS) will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5th, with the Community Advisory Group (CAG) tasked to make recommendation for a permanent cannabis cultivation ordinance for Nevada County. A new element will be introduced at that meeting, partial survey results as […]
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Mission, Cascadel Woods
Fire at a glance (numbers) Incident Name: State: Lead Agency: Size (acres): Percent Contained: Estimate of Containment: Personnel: Structures Destroyed: Mission, Merced – Mariposa Unit, Cal Fire. Transfer of command from Cal Fire IMT 1 (Lawson) back to the local unit will occur tomorrow. Three miles southeast of North Fork, CA. Timber and brush. Minimal […]